Met Police said that after being encouraged to leave, "protesters have remained, putting themselves and others at risk

"This, coupled with pockets of hostility and outbreaks of violence towards officers,means we will now be taking enforcement action to disperse those who remain"
Protests are an exemption to the "rule of 6" that came into force in England on Monday, but *only if organisers have 'have taken all reasonable measures to limit the risk of transmission of the coronavirus'*

Seems unlikely at the "Resist and Act for Freedom" rally
Trafalgar Square has now been cleared, with 32 arrests made https://twitter.com/MetPoliceEvents/status/1307371482021060608?s=19
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